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APA Reference List for Websites
Single page on a website
Format:
Author, A. (date). Title of document. Retrieved from http://URL
Example:
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5).
General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
If the web page does not list an author:
When there is no author for a web page, the title moves to the first position of the reference entry.
Example:
All 33 Chile miners freed in flawless rescue. (2010, October 13). Retrieved from
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/
For in-text citations of a source with no author, use the first few words of the reference list entry (usually
the title) and the year. Use double quotation marks around the title or abbreviated title: ("All 33 Chile
Miners Freed," 2010).
If the web page does not list a publication year:
Replace the date with (n.d.).
Example:
The College of William and Mary. (n.d.). College mission statement. Retrieved from
http://www.wm.edu/about/administration/provost/mission/index.php
If the web page does not have page numbers (in-text citations only):
If you quote directly from a source, you would normally include a page number for the quotation in your
in-text citation (e.g., Jones, 2007, p. 199). If your web source does not include page numbers, you can
include any of the following in the text to cite the quotation:
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A paragraph number, if provided; alternatively, you could count paragraphs down from the
beginning of the document.
An overarching heading plus a paragraph number within that section.
A short title in quotation marks, in cases in which the heading is too unwieldy to cite in full.
Examples:
("Heuristic," n.d., para. 1)
According to Smith (1997), ... (Mind over Matter section, para. 6).
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Entire website
When citing an entire website (but not a specific document on that site), it is sufficient to give the address
of the site in just the text.
Example:
Kidspsych is a wonderful interactive website for children (http://www.kidspsych.org).
Other web format
When the format of your web document is something out of the ordinary, such as a blog post or lecture
notes, give a format description in brackets after the document title.
Examples:
Freakonomics. (2010, October 29). E-ZPass is a life-saver (literally) [Blog post]. Retrieved from
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/e-zpass-is-a-life-saver-literally/
Dunning, B. [volleybrian]. (2011, January 12). inFact: Conspiracy theories [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEijdTeBMRM&list=UUG9DGRmeyQZAlcCD4JGMilQ&i
ndex=5&feature= plcp
Do I need a retrieval date?
When a citation includes a digital object identifier, no further retrieval information is needed.
When a DOI is not available, and a URL is included, do not include retrieval dates unless the source
material may change over time (e.g., wikis or social media sites).
Example:
When I was your age, Pluto was a planet. (n.d.) In Facebook [Group page]. Retrieved December 16,
2009, from http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207893888
For more information and examples, see:
Official APA Style FAQ: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx
Official APA Style Blog: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/social-media/
Purdue OWL on APA Web Sources: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/
University Writing Center
(407) 823-2197
http://uwc.cah.ucf.edu/files/handouts/APA_Websites.pdf Oct-09
http://www.uwc.cah.edu